Wind-shield for automobiles.



J. S. KERN.

WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION msp ocnzet 1913 1,163,413. Patented Dec. 915.

J. S. KERN.

WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION HLED OCT 28. I913- 1,163,4:13. I Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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JACOB s. KERN, or rnen'rwoon, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIND SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

ToaZZ whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JACOBS. KERN, a citi- .zen of the United States, residing at Fleet Wood, in the county of Berks andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in find-Shields for Automobiles,of which the following is a specification. M

This invention relates to improvements in wind guards or shields for automobiles or motors. l

The invention has for its object to pro vide for readily adjusting and'holding', the Wind guard orshield in suitable position or angular-1y, as maybe desired.

A further object is to also effect the angular adjustment and retention in position of the Wind guardorshield carrying arms or supports, themselves.

A still further object isto effect these.

ends principally by frictionataction.

A still further object is to carry out the purposes of this invention in a simple, ex

peditious and effective manner and withgfa cility. 4

The invention consists of cam-action dogs together with a resilient member for securing frictional holding action upon the wind guard'or shield carrying arms or supports.

Secondly, of manually operated means for manipulatingsaid cam-action dogs for actuating said resilient member. Thirdly, of tubular screw-threaded members or nuts having a differential surface of contact or engagement with said I cam-action members or dogs for theiractuation. Fourthly, of screw-threaded studs or stems upon the brackets equipped with said wind-guard carrying arms, said studs or stems having the screw-threaded tubular members, sleeves or nuts fitted thereon for engaging the camaction memberstor dogs; Fifthly, of preferably apertured enlargements of the windguard carrying arms and split resilient members within said apertured enlargements,

the split or slot of said resilient member receiving the pivotal ends of the cam-action dogs, sa1d cam-action dogs exerting pressure upon said resilient member through a mem- '--ber exerting a wedging action upon said dogs, said resilient member frictionally engaging said wind guard arm apertured end enlargements. I

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my in- I vention, wherein it will be understood that Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented neeaiais.

Application filed October as, 1913. Serial No. 797,777;

Figure 1 is a mutilated front elevation of my invention asappli ed to the automobile cowl. Fig. 2 1s a SlClB'Ol edge el'evat1on of the same. Fig. 3 1s a partly elevational and partly sectional view of a Wind-guard;carry-' ing arm, including the features of my im: provement. Fig. 4a is a transverse or horizontal elevational' view, taken through a side-bar anda portion of the glassplateof the Wind-guard together with an edge view of an attaching bracket of an arm of. the

wind-guard. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional; view, showing more particularly cooperating cam-action dogs and an apertured end of one of the wind guard carrying arms, receiving said cam-action dogs and a split-resilient member. Fig. 6 is a detached side view of a tubular member or nut having a wedging action upon the cam-action dogs.

In carrying out my invention, I provide each of the carrying arms 1 of the Windguard or shield 2 with a preferably apertured enlargement 3 at each end, said apertured enlargement being adapted to receive or encompass split or slotted annular extensions, a of brackets 5, respectively, the lower of said brackets being adapted to be secured or bolted, as at 6,.tothe cowl 6 of an automobile or motor, and to be secured or connected together, as at 7, tea connecting bar or brace 8, the upperbrackets 5 being suit- Tubular nuts 11 having suitable knurled,

finger-engaged heads, are inserted through apertured closure rings or members 11 se- 1 cured to the annular resilient members or extensions 4 of the brackets 5, 5 outside of the wind-guard arm end-enlargements 3, said nuts being retained against outward displacement and accordingly limited in their movement in that direction by means of headed screws 11 threaded into the outer ends of studsor stems, later described, of the brackets 5, 5. The inner end portions of the tubular nuts 11 are slightly beveled .inwardly, as at 11, providing for exerting a gradually increasing pressure or wedgxng action upon the cam-action'dogs withwliich dogs they engage, as presently fully described, accordingly, causing said dogs to I force the resilient-members 4c outwardly against the wind-guard arm apertured endenlargements and thus effectively securethe Wind-guard arms at the desired angle.

The brackets 5 5 have their split annular or sleeve forming extensions or members 4: provided with central studs or stems l0, the outer end portions of which are suitably screw-threaded, the screw-threaded ends thereofhaving appliedthereto the tubular or internallyv screw-threaded nuts 11, the

threaded surface of said nuts, however, extending only a short distance inwardly from the outerends of the bores thereof. The rem'aining portions of'tlie bores of said nuts stand out from the threads of the studs or stems1Obutapproa'ch quite closely the inner unthreaded portionof the latter, as clearly I disclosed by Fig. 3,-it being designed that the nuts or sleeve may have threaded engagement with'the studs onlyto such extent as to cause a binding or wedging action of the exterior surfaces of said sleeves or nuts, as they are screwed or turned inwardly upon the cam-action dogs 12, as above disclosed.

Peculiarly' shaped dogs or members 12 each in a single casting'and of general areaateoutline to adapt them to conform to the bracket-extensions 4 and allow of said dogspivoting-thereon'as said dogs are'actuated by the nuts 11, as has been made plain,"it is thought. "Also it will be observed that by meansof the duplicate or'upper' and lower 7 '-same, as will be appreciated.

adjustments not only are the window-guard carrying arms adapted to be angularly adjusted in fixed position, but the wind-guard itself is also adapted to be relatively ad justed with respect to the arms as may be required for the proper position of the It is thought that from the foregoing presentation, the facilities and advantages of my invention have been made fully apparent and therefore. furtheror extended disclosure as i to the operation, construction and application tliereofis unnecessary for its understanding;

.Having thus fully describedflmy invention 'eled tubular-nut, the bore of which has screw-threaded connection at its outer end with the projecting or outer screw-threaded portion of said stud, the plainorunthreaded surfaces of said nut and stud being opposed to each ;other, said I split resilient member itself having arms formed with spaced-apart rounded terminals, dogs having their outer terminals conforming to, and receivingthe rounded terminals of said split resilient member for 'fulcruining said dogs thereon, the inner portions of said dogs receiv ng therebetween the beveled portion ofsaid tubular nut, the unthreaded or plain surfaces of said nut and said stud providing for the inward movement of the beveled terminal or end of said nut, as in effecting engagement vith said dogs. V

In testimony whereof I aflix'niy signature in presence of twowitnesses' v JACOBS. enn

lVitness'es: v i

SARA-H E.- SHAEFFER,

' ESTELLA L. YODER.

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